Yes I was aware of that — so in your remaining at 235 we have to actually loose seven to stay even. There are many ways to phrase it but that is the best for me.
I have had years I was not surprise — Trump was (as I mentioned earlier) within one electoral vote of what I predicted. However, the second Obama election did surprise me. I thought he would do worse than he did and could possibly loose. Boy was I wrong.
I fear the flurry of retirements and departures by Republicans this midterm was either fear of the hush file being made public or a desire to hurt Trump or both. It’s really u usual for a majority party to put itself so deeply in the hole with scheduled vacancies. I don’t ever recall such a thing before.
u usual = unusual